12WilliamBlake概论.ppt

William Blake(1757-1827)  He is remembered for His Pictures and Poetry Pictures Poems To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. 一沙一世界， 一花一天国； 君掌盛无边， 刹那含永劫。 一砂一世界一花一天堂掌中握无限刹 那 成 永 恒 English poet, painter, engraver; one of the earliest and greatest figures of Romanticism. His Life: Blake was born on Nov. 28, 1757, in London. His father ran a hosiery shop. William, the third of five children, went to school only long enough to learn to read and write, and then he worked in the shop until he was 14. When he saw the boys talent for drawing, Blakes father apprenticed him to an engraver. In 1782 he married a servant girl, Catherine Boucher, whom he taught to read and write. She was a supportive companion for the rest of his life. The couple bore no children. He set up a print shop in 1784 with his younger brother and his wifes assistance. The books sold slowly, for a few shillings each. Today a single copy is worth many thousands of dollars. This ended tragically in 1787 with his brothers death. He later claimed visits from his spirit. By the time he was at Felpham, Blakes visions included, the funeral rites of the faries, Moses, Dante and the Devil coming down the stairs. He gained little recognition in his own lifetime, and considered by many of his contemporaries to be mad. His Works His first book of poetry Poetical Sketches was published in 1783. He next published Songs of Innocence (1789) which included the poems The Lamb, Infant Joy and Laughing Songs. and Songs of Experience (1794) including Infant Sorrow, The Tyger, and Sick Rose His Prophetic Books included the The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, (1790) The Book of Los, (1795), Milton, (1804-8) Jerusalem (1804-20). Literary Idea 1 Blake was deeply angered by the rationalist approach and economic injustice of the Industrial Revolu